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C.H. Mackintosh

God has spoken and His voice reaches the heart. It makes itself heard above the din and confusion of this world, and the strife and controversy of professing Christians. It gives rest and peace, strength and fixedness to the believing heart and mind. The opinions of men may perplex and confound — we may not be able to thread our way through the labyrinths of human systems of theology: but God’s voice speaks in Holy Scripture — speaks to the heart — speaks to me. This is life and peace. It is all I want. Human writings may go now for what they are worth, seeing I have all I want in the ever-flowing fountain of inspiration — the peerless, precious volume of my God.

“My doctrine is not mine, but His that sent me. If any man will do His will, he
shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God or whether I speak of myself.” John 7:17-17

“He will not let me find out His way, unless there be in me a spirit of obedience.”

“We must never lose sight of the weighty fact that it is as we act on what we
know that our knowledge shall increase. We may fill our intellect with biblical
knowledge, we may have the doctrines of the Bible and the letter of Scripture
at our finger-tips without one particle of unction or spiritual power. We must
go to Scripture as a thirsty man goes to a well; as a hungry man goes to a meal;
as a mariner goes to a chart. We must go to it because we cannot do without it.
The instincts of the divine nature lead us to the Word of God as the newborn
babe desires the milk by which he is to grow. It is by feeding on the Word that
the new man grows.”

“What a lowering of the life of faith it is to confine it to the question of temporal supplies! No doubt it is a very blessed and a very real thing to trust God for everything; but the life of faith has a far higher and wider range than mere bodily wants. It embraces all that in any wise concerns us, in body, soul, and spirit. To live by faith is to walk with God; to cling to Him; to lean on Him; to draw from His exhaustless springs; to find ALL our resources in Him; and to have Him as a perfect covering for our eyes and a satisfying object for our hearts–to know Him as our ONLY resource in all difficulties, and in all our trials. it is to be absolutely, completely, and continually shut up to Him; to be undividedly dependent upon Him, apart from and above every creature confidence, every human hope, and every earthly expectation.

Such is the life of faith.”….It will not do to talk about the life of faith; we must LIVE it; and in order to live it, we must know God practically—know Him intimately, in the deep secret of our souls. It is utterly vain and delusive to profess to be living by faith and looking to the Lord, while in reality our hearts are looking to some creature resource.” C.H.M

We Belong to the Heavenly: Our Citzenship Is in Heaven
By:Charles Henry Mackintosh

“Our citizenship is in heaven.” “Ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.” What has a dead man to do with politics? But the Christian is one who has died in Christ—died to sin—died to the law—died to the world—and hence he has, in God’s view of him, no more to do with these things than a man lying dead on the floor. He is alive in Christ—alive to God—alive to all that is spiritual, heavenly, divine. He is in the new creation. His morals, his religion, his politics are all in the new creation—all heavenly all divine. He is done with the world in spirit and principle. He is in it, to walk as a pilgrim and stranger—in it to live as a Christian—a spiritual, heavenly man—but not of it to walk as a worldly, carnal, natural man. “If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature.” May we live in the power of these things.

The Cross accomplished glorifying God perfectly, proved infinite love to us and maintained God’s perfect righteousness. He bore our sins– was made sin for us. He drank the bitter cup of death and judgment. He gave Himself for us ….was this not love? Yet there God’s righteous judgment against sin was fully maintained, so that what I see there was to the least allowance of it. What could show it like the death of the Son of God when He was made sin for us?

Christ gave Himself, offered up Himself. Here I find the holy perfectness of His own soul in a way that nothing else shows. What love! Jn.14:30-31 How could this glorify His Father —to give Himself up to a cruel death and wrath? Because of your sins [and mine]; If love was to be shown to you, it must be this way. God’s holiness must be maintained.

The impossibility of allowing sin to be taken away from before Him; [We] are not to be taken away from before Him [if through grace we have received Him]; Instead of that, as they [sins] could not be allowed they were taken away, that you might be in peace before Him and know this God of love. (Romans 5:8) And see how the cross glorifies God in everything [though] it may seem a hard task to impose on Him, yet it really was…His greatest glory. (John 13:31). For it was a glorious thing to Him who accomplished it. God’s will was that He should come and His will was [also] to come.

Is God righteous in judgment against sin? The cross has fully shown it forth. Is God, perfect love to the poor sinner? The cross has shown it forth. Did the majesty of God require that it should be vindicated against rebellious sin? The cross has done it; Yet the sinner is spared. He has obtained for us life by it, beyond all the power of death and judgment. Were our sins pressing upon us, so that we did not dare look up? They are gone. I can see God in the light without fear: He has proved His love and I can enjoy His love.

Where was obediences shown as on the cross? Phil.2:8 Where do we see love to us? All displayed on the Cross]. The consequence? The power and fear of death are gone for the believer; he knows that He has nothing to impute to Him for Christ has borne it all. [The believer] knits his heart to Jesus, who was willing to suffer and thus put it away.”

Summation by lkp

Some thoughts on this paper: all the while I am reading this I think of that passage in Phil. 2: 1-8. AND Phil. 3:10-14. Opportunities are brought to us to live out that “conforming to His death” to lovingly allow His life and our cross to be manifested for the sake of others He brings into our life. Think about the truth in 2Cor.4:8-12.

We may be asked to bear suffering that others may prosper in their spiritual life …that they might “see” Christ in us. Clearly, there requires discernment in each circumstance…whether Gal.6:2 is called upon in our life or Gal.6:5 (where the burden is to be borne by the person, alone). Our part is to minister to others and to yield to the Lord in the circumstance (versus yielding to the sinful nature). We may feel there is little reward for this “ministry of suffering” in our life. NOT SO ! Not only does it work for the spiritual good of the person but it works in us to increase our growth and our dependency upon the Lord which gives us all the promises of joy and peace and contentment in the resurrection life here and now. What a loss to us when we miss these opportunities to allow the Lord to work in us “to will and to do of his good pleasure.”

He is gracious to bring new opportunities to live out the Christ-life. “For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps…” For long years we are in the mind set that suffering is to be avoided… and at best, endured. Yes, we are to “stand fast”….but what results in us! “But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect [mature], stablish and strengthen, settle you.” We will rejoice as He changes us…giving that liberty from the sinful nature and instead being filled up with Christ (filling of the H.S.) : “changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.”

Let our prayer be to so trust our Lord that when in the midst of suffering, we view it from His love, remembering His “mind” on the cross for us. That the suffering is a perfect design for us and for our good. Not that we will not experience sorrow BUT it will not lead to destruction. Think on those verses in 2Cor.4:8-9. May we be His tool for comfort and encouragement in others….may we not leave destruction and harm when we could show agape love: patience, kindness, no envy, not puffed up; seeking not our own, not easily provoked, thinking no evil; rejoicing in the truth, bearing all things, not being suspicious, hoping in all things, enduring through testing. The cost is only self which needs to go anyway. Joyfulness will be absent in our hearts when ruled by it.

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